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The relevance of electrocardiogram filtering in the differential diagnosis of Brugada syndrome: An illustrative case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2023

Carlos Baena-Palomino Open the ORCID record for Carlos Baena-Palomino [Opens in a new window] ,
Ana Castellano-Martínez  and
Moisés Rodríguez-González
Carlos Baena-Palomino*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Division, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Cádiz, Spain
Ana Castellano-Martínez
Affiliation:
Pediatric Nephrology Division, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Cádiz, Spain
Moisés Rodríguez-González
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Division, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Cádiz, Spain
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Corresponding author: C. Baena-Palomino; Email: cbaenap@gmail.com
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Abstract

We present a clinical case of a teenager in whom a Brugada syndrome electrical pattern was found which was finally diagnosed as a Brugada phenocopy due to a wrong setup of the high-pass filter on the electrocardiogram

Keywords

Brugada syndromearrhythmiasudden death

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Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , January 2024 , pp. 221 - 223
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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